Pad holder



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` PAD HOLDER Filed May 15, 1946 Dar/a Jeff/H175 'T -H-l- I l E PatentedApr. 18t 1950 tiene UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAD HOLDER DavidJenkins, Seattle; Wash.

Application May 15, 1946; Serial No. 669,929

(Cl. 1'5--231i 5.Glaims. i

This invention relates toimprovements in pad holder and pad means foruse in the cleaning and conditioning of oors; wailsand the; like.

The presentiinvention isin the-nature oi` an improvement on the padholder and pad.'v means disclosed in my prior patent application SerialNumber 594,645, led May 19, 1945 (now abandoned).

The general object of my invention is to pro.- vide a mop typepadholding devce'- which may be used by a person in' av standing positionlto clean or condition a wall or. 'oor bythe use of the proper cleaning,waxing and polishing pads.

Another object islto providea padhold'er and pad means that may`beleiiieientlyused' in applying cleaners to a surfaceto becleanedwithout requiring the user toA getv these cleaners on the hands, thusmaking it' possible'to safely use cleaning solutions that will injurethe hands if they come in contact therewith.

Another object offthis invention is to provide a mop type pad'holder towhichk various-pads of the form commonly used to:conditionziioorsiandwalls may be veri/'quickly and easily attached: and detached thus making`this device especially suitable for home use rto keepA oorsand'walls ingood con'- dition.

Another object is to provideapad holder comprising a substantiallyflatiplaten havingfangle shaped grooves in its bottonnside along itsfront and rear edge adapted to receive the, edgeportion of a pad that.extendsV across said platen and having resilient' pad gripping meansadapted to be drawn against said pad and into said grooves to secure thepad tothe platen.

Other objectsy of the invention-will be apparent fromvthefoilowingdescription taken ,inconneetion with the accompanying drawings.

In the ydraw-ings- :igurel is a planview of` a pad'holdingdeviceconstructed in accordance4 with thisv invention looking in the directionof vbroken' line I-i of Fig. 2 and showing'the-pad`A gripping meansinxan open position, a portion ofthe;handle-being brei. ken away.

Fig. 2 is aside elevationof thepad-.holding de.- vice shown in Fig. l,showing the pad. gripping members in an openposition.

Fig. 3 is a side elevationsimilarto Fig. 2'showing apad in an operativeposition and clamped by the Vpad .gripping members.,

Fig. 4 is a cross..sectionalyiew. taken; substantially on broken line. 1-tot Fig. 3i anden a larger scalethan Fig. 3;

Fig; 5 isa view partly-in.planiandpartly'n sec-,- 55

2A, tion taken substantially on broken liney 5 5 of Fig; 3.l

Fig. 6 is a 4View incross'sectiontaken on broken line Ii6:,of:Fig..5;

Like reference numerals designate like parts tlfiroughoutthe severalviews.

The pad holding n'ieanssl'iowniinligs.` 1 to 6 comprises a flatrectangular; block orplaten Il) having a handle Irl secured to; the,Vupper side thereof 'by any suitable means, such as abracket I2.Preferably the handle Hf isabout thesame length as an ordinary-:broomormop handle and is positioned at aboutthe angle shown in the drawingstothe planeoi-,the platen for convenient application to the ioor; orwall.

TheY bottom surface;otheplaten.` Ihasan angularly shaped groovev Ifextending along` its iront. edge and anotherangularly shaped groove I4'extending along its rear edge1to receivethe marginal portions I5 of apad I6. Padsoffdifferent type may be used depending: on'` thel work tobe done. Forinstancethe pad-maybe a. steel woolipad or it may beiapadbody with sandpaper drawn over it, orit'may beapad withV wax foldedinto'it `or'it maybez'azpolishingfpadfor afmop pad. In. all instances'the padsf will be,- provided with marginalportionsz corresponding to theportions I5. and with amain pad portion suitable for the work to bedone.

The edges l5-of any pad Itthat is to befused are iirmly` grippedand"securely-held by` two resilient pad clamping wires VIj and I8 thatcoop@ crate with the respectivegrooves IS and I4. The pad clampingwiresI'lrv and' i8 extend across the bottom of the platen` i!) andare thencebent at right angles and extend upwardly past the ends of the platen I0through notches I9 in the ends of said platenr and. are thenceconverged. as best shown in Fig. Land: have hookV shaped bends 20 ontheir upper ends; The-hook shapedvmembers 2U engage Within holes 2l inaslidemember. The slide` member-"422: is of inverted U shape in crossse.ctionseel Fig. 4.V The. bottom edges of the slide member 22 arebentz1outwardly andare slidably held and` guided' beneath theinwardlybent portions. 2e' of a tracleplate 24.- The, trackv plate 24 is securedtothe handler I I-, as by screwsV 25.. A binding wire 26 extendssubstantially" all of the way around Athe platen Id and has endportions. 2T that aredriven intothe platen to hold said wire in properposition. Preferably thistbindngwire 2tV is; countersunk into Vthe edgesand-.ends of the -platen itl.. This bindingwirevzi extends vacrossthenotches I9 that `thepad clamp.- ingA wires I1 and lfpass through andcooperates with the notches I9 in forming guide and retaining means forthe pad clamping wires l1 and i8.

The slide member 22 is connected by a U- shaped wire link 28 with alever arm 29. The lever arm 29 is connected with a bracket 39 by a pivotmember 3l. The bracket 3i) is secured to the handle H near the upper endof the guide member 23--24. The rear or upper end portion of the link 28passes through a hole 32 in the lever arm 29 and the forward or lowerends 33 of the U-shaped link 28 are bent inwardly and shaped like hooksand are engaged within holes 34 in the slide 22. The pivot 3l in thebracket 3l! is far enough away from the handle Il so that the line ofpull of the link 28 will cross from one side to the other of the axis ofthis pivot 3l in the operation of the lever 29. This line of pull onlink 28 will be between the axis of the pivot 3i and the handle H whenthe lever 29 lies against the handle l l and will be on the other sideof the axis f the pivot 3l when the lever 29 is moved outwardly awayfrom the handle H. Thus the line of pull of the link 2B will pass thecenter of pivot 3| and a self locking link and lever structure will beprovided.

t The portions of the pad clamping wires l'l and yl! that operate in theslots i9 are substantially straight and substantially at right angles tothe pad clamping portions of said wires and are joined to theconvergent' portions of these wires by bends 35. When tension is exertedon these wires it tends to straighten them at the location 'of the bends35and this contributes to the resiliency of the wires and makes themself adjusting to pads having marginal portions l of varying thickness.Preferably the pad engaging portions of the wires l1 and I8 are curvedor bowed as shown in Fig. 2 to provide a rrn grip on the edges l5 of thepad all of the way across the platen. v

y The two pad clamping members l1 and IS are spread apart a greaterdistance at the location where they pass through the notches i9 in theplaten I0 than they Vare at the location of the slide member 22, seeFigs. 2 and 3. This provides a divergence of these pad clamping memberswhich makes it easier to insert and remove pads than it would be if saidwire pad clamping members did not so diverge. When these pad clamp- -ingmembers are moved from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the positionshown in Fig. 2 they will be spread apart at the same time they aremoved outwardly away from the platen l2. Thus they will drop any padheld thereby and will be wide enough apart to permit quick and easyapplication of another pad to the platen l0, after which the members iland i8 can easily be clamped against the pad so applied. The ease withwhich the pads are applied to and removed from this device renders itparticularly desirable for ordinary home use. l

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings clearly disclose apreferred embodiment of thisinventlon but it will be understood thatthis disclosure is merely illustrative and .that such changes in thedevice may be made as are within the scope and spirit of the followingclaims.

' I claim:

l. In a pad holder, a relatively flat rectangularly shaped platen havingangularly shaped grooves in its bottom side along its front and rearedge adapted to receivethe edge vportions of a pad that extends acrosssaid platen; pad gripping wires extending longitudinally of said platenat the location oi said grooves and extending upwardly past the ends ofsaid platen and thence converging toward each other, the longitudinally7extending pad gripping portions of said wires being bowed toward saidgrooves; and lever means connected with the converging portions of saidpad gripping wires for drawing the bowed portions of said pad grippingwires into contact with the edge portions of a pad and pressing saidedge portions of said pad into said grooves with a substantially uniformpressure from end to end of the pad.

2. In a pad holder, a relatively flat rectangularly shaped platen havinga corner groove in its bottom side along its front edge and anothercorner groove in its bottom side along its rear edge, said grooves beingadapted to receive the edge portions of a pad that extends across saidplaten; a handle secured to said platen mid way between the two ends ofthe platen and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefromggtwo padgripping wires extending longitudinally of said Platen at the locationof said grooves and extending upwardly past the ends of said platen andthence being bent and converging toward said handle; means on the endsof said platen for guiding said wires; and lever means on said handleconnected with the converging portions of both of said pad Y grippingwires for drawing said wires into engagement with the edge portions of apad to hold said pad,V the bends in said wires providing sufiicientresilience to render said wires self adjusting to pad edge portions ofvarying thickness.

3. In a pad holder a relatively fiat platen having a corner groove inits bottom side along its front edge and another corner groove in itsbottom side along its rear edge, said grooves being adapted to receivethe edge portions of a pad that extends across said platen; a handlesecured to said platen mid way between the two ends of the platen andextending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom pad gripping wires extendinglongitudinally of said platen at the location of said grooves andextending upwardly past the ends of said platen and thence being bentand converging toward said handle; a slide member connected with theconvergent portions of said wires; means guiding said slide member formovement longitudinally of said handle; a lever fulcrumed on said handleabove said slide member; and link means connecting said slide member andsaid lever, whereby angular movement of said lever will exert a pull onsaid pad gripping wires.

4. In a pad holder, a relatively nat platen having a corner groove inits bottom side along its front edge and another corner groove in itsbottom side along its rear edge, said grooves being adapted to receivethe edge portions of a pad that extends across said platen; notches inthe ends of said platen in alignment with said grooves; pad grippingwires extending longitudinally of said platen at the location of saidgrooves and extending upwardly through said notches past the ends ofsaid platen and converging toward each vother above said platen; abinding wire extending around the marginal portion of said platen oversaid notches and cooperating with said notches to provide guide meansfor said pad gripping wires; and means foi` drawing said pad grippingwires into contact with the edge portion of a pad on said'platen.

' 5. Pad holding means comprising a platen; two pad holding wires havingpadY engaging portions extending longitudinally across thebottom face ofsaid platen near the front and rear edge respectively of said platen andhaving other portions disposed substantially at right angles to said padengaging portions and extending upwardly past the two ends of saidplaten; yguide means in the ends of said platen for the upwardlyextending portions of said wires; and operating means positioned abovesaid platen and connected with said Wires for moving the same, saidguide means and said operating means supporting said two pad holdingwires in divergent relation from top to bottom whereby the pad engagingportions of said wires will be moved divergently simultaneously withtheir movement away from said platen to thereby facilitate insertion andremoval of pads.

DAVID JENKINS.

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